Automatic advertising apparatus for railway-carriages.



- .No. 781,563. I PATENTBD JAN. 31, 1995. J; B. VON SEYFFERTITZ.

AUTOMATICYADVERTISINGAPPARATUS FOR RAILWAY OARRIAGBS.

Arrmonlofi TILED JULY 1,1994.

- A 7TORNE Y8 UNITED STAT S Patented January 31 1905.

I PATENT OFFICE.

AUTOMATIC ADVERTISING APPARATUS FoR RAILWAY-CARRIAGES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent 'No. 781,563, dated January 31, 1905. Application filed July 1, 1904:. Serial No- 214,969-

To (.Y/Z/Z whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J OHANN BAPTIST, VON SEYFFERTITZ, a citizen of the Empireof Germany, residing at Munich, Germany, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Automatic Advertising Apparatus for Railway-Carriages; and'I do hereby declare the followingto be a-full, clear, and exact description I of the invention, such as will enable others willie parts.

skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. f i

My invention relates to advertising apparatus, and particularly to devices adapted for use in movingvehicles.

The object of my invention is to provide an advertising apparatus in which the jarring and swaying. of the vehicle will serve to actuate the device and present tothe view different advertising matter-progressively.

In the accompanying drawings Ihave illustrated a preferredlform of my invention, which is hereinafter more fully described.

1 In the drawings, Figure 1 shows the appa-.

ratus in front elevation, and Fig. 2 is a vertical section of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings in detail, my improved apparatus is inclosed within a case (0,

provided with a glass front 5-,'so that the specta- I tor. has a view only of the advertising-sheet. If preferred, however, the entire front and sides of the case may be glazed in order to permit an examination by the curious of the working The case'is adapted to be hung upon the wall of. a railway-car, steamship, street-car, omnibus, or the like by means of hooks c. A weight d is pivotally suspended in the lower central "portion of the case in such a manner as to be capable of swinging similarly to the pendulum of a clock under the influence of any lateral swaying movement of the vehicle. 'The upper part of this penduhim, as it may be called, is secured at the pivotal point e to-the center of a lever having two arms f and g. The arms f andg are connected, by means of links it and z, with rods 2? and Z, and these rods at their upper ends are connected with short levers m, pivotally mounted upon the axle of the roll A. Springs a hold in engagement with the toothed wheels 0, the pawls 39 carried by the pins connecting the levers m with the rods 1: and Z.

pieces q, con-nected with the side walls of the- Crosscase, pass upon either side of the pendulum and limit theextent of its lateral movement.

The pendulum is suspended by a coil-spring the spring X, it oscillates vertically under the jars incident to the travel of the vehicle over rail-joints and other uneven places. By the rolls A and B, arranged, respectively, in' the upper and lower portions of the case, is carried an endless paper strip C, upon which the desired advertising matter is written, printed, or pictured. The upper roll Ais fixed to the same axle as the toothed wheels 0, whichaxle is mounted in brackets in the upper portion of the case. The lower roll B is mounted in a spring-bearing in the lower portion of the case and under the tension of the spring serves to keep the paper strip taut. A prolongation of the axle of the lower roll extends beyond the sides of the case and is provided with a hand-wheel Z.

The operation of the device is' as follows: The lateral swaying movement of the vehicle will cause the pendulum to swing to the right or left, resulting in an alternate-downward and upward movement of the two arms 7 and 'g. .As the pendulum swings to the left the arm f will ascend with the rod 76 andby means ofv the pawl 9 impart to the toothed wheel 0 and the roll A a movement to theex tent of one or more teeth, while at the same time the opposite arm 9 will descend with the rod Z and its pawl 19 will engage another tooth lower down upon the periphery of the wheel in readiness for the next upward movement.

In. this way the swaying movement of the vehicle will be transmitted and will result in a progressive rotary movement applied alternately to the two ends of the roll A, thus feeding the endless paper strip over the two rolls and successively exposing to view the advertising matter contained thereon. The vertical jarring movement of the vehicle will cause the pendulum (Z to oscillate vertically under the influence of the balancing spring-support X and in doing so will move both arms f and g of the lever simultaneously upward and downward, thereby imparting rotary movement simultaneously by means of the rods 1: andZ to both ends of the roll A, the result being the same as in the former case.

By reason of mounting the lower roll B in spring-bearings, as stated, it is possible to remove the endless paper strip C from the rolls and to replace the same by a new strip when desired, the cross-pieces q and T having been first lifted out of the way. The hand-wheel Z affords a means by which the rolls may be rotated and a progressive movement of the advertising matter obtained when the vehicle is at rest.

Whilel have described my invention as utilized for advertising purposes, it is obvious that it may be adapted to many other uses, and I do not, therefore, desire to be limited in any manner to the particular application of the same.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. In an apparatus of the character described, the combination, with a vehicle, of a roll, an advertising-strip mounted thereon, a pendulum, and a connection between each side of the pendulum and the roll whereby the vibration of the vehicle will rotate the roll.

2. In an apparatus of the character described, the combination, with a vehicle, of a roll, an endless advertising strip mounted thereon, a pendulum supported adjacent to the roll, arms carried by and extending on each side of the pendulum, and a ratehet-and-pawl connection between the ends of the arms and the roll whereby the vibration of the vehicle will rotate the roll.

3. In an apparatus of the character described, the combination, with a vehicle, of a plurality of rolls mounted thereon, an endless advertising strip mounted upon the rolls, a pendulum supported adjacent to the rolls, arms carried by and extending on each side of the pendulum, links carried by the arms, other arms loosely mounted upon the axle of the roll, rods connecting the last-named arms and the links, a toothed wheel carried by the roll, and a pawl carried by the rod, whereby vibration of the vehicle will serve to rotate one of the rolls.

4. In an apparatus of the character described, the combination, with a vehicle, ol a plurality of rolls mountedtherein, an endless advertising-strip carried by the rolls, a spring mounted on a fixed support adjacent to the rolls, a pendulous weight suspended from the spring, arms carried by and extending on each side of the weight, and a ratchet-andpawl connection between the arms and one of the rolls whereby both the lateral and vertical vibration of the vehicle'will rotate the roll.

5. In an apparatus of the character described, the combination, with a vehicle, of a plurality of rolls mounted therein, an endless advertising-strip carried by the rolls, a spring mounted upon a fixed support adjacent to the rolls, a pendulum supported by the spring, arms carried by the pendulum, rods connected with the arms, and a ratchet-aml-pawl connection between the rods and one of the rolls whereby the vibration of the vehicle will serve to rotate one of the rolls.

6. In an apparatus of the character described, the combination, with a vehicle, of a plurality of rolls mounted therein, an endless advertising-strip carried by the rolls, a spring carried by a suitable support adjacent to the rolls, a pendulum supported by the spring and provided with a cross head, vertical guides for the cross-head, cross-pieces arranged to limit the lateral play of the pendulum, arms carried by the pendulum and extending laterally therefrom, links carried by the ends of the arms, rods connected with the links, a ratehet-aml-pawl connection between the rods and the ends of one of the rolls, a spring-bearing for the second roll, and ahandwheel connected with the axle of the second roll, whereby both lateral and vertical vibration of the vehicle will serve to rotate the rolls and whereby the rolls may be rotated independently of the vibration.

In testimony whereof I hereunto allix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

\Vitnesses:

FELIX Kisnnxauun, Josue Snxrxenu. 

